diff --git a/xa/tests/adrm/Makefile b/xa/tests/adrm/Makefile
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/xa/tests/adrm/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+
+tests:
+	./runtest.sh -q -C
+
+
diff --git a/xa/tests/adrm/a.out-02 b/xa/tests/adrm/a.out-02
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diff --git a/xa/tests/adrm/a.out-c02 b/xa/tests/adrm/a.out-c02
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diff --git a/xa/tests/adrm/a.out-zab b/xa/tests/adrm/a.out-zab
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diff --git a/xa/tests/adrm/a.out-zab2 b/xa/tests/adrm/a.out-zab2
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diff --git a/xa/tests/adrm/a.out-zpa b/xa/tests/adrm/a.out-zpa
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diff --git a/xa/tests/adrm/bip2.inc b/xa/tests/adrm/bip2.inc
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index 0000000..3ad6318
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xa/tests/adrm/bip2.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+
+- tbasic.0.asm: if you make vecwri absolute with !, then the branch gets
+        generated as if it were NOT absolute. works okay without it (and
+        gets a warning)
+
+*/
+
+test	lda !$0095
+	bne test
+
+	ldx #13
+lup0	lda !vecwri,x
+	sta $2005,x
+	dex
+	bne lup0
+	lda #$00
+	sta $0020
+	lda #$02
+	sta $0021
+	lda #$ff
+	sta $0022
+	lda #$13
+	sta $0023
+	jmp $2003
+	
+vectors	.byt $4c, $5a, $1e, $4c, $a0, $1e, $4c, $00, $01
+vecwri	= vectors - 1
diff --git a/xa/tests/adrm/runtest.sh b/xa/tests/adrm/runtest.sh
index 929afe3..ccb8610 100755
--- a/xa/tests/adrm/runtest.sh
+++ b/xa/tests/adrm/runtest.sh
@@ -8,8 +8,24 @@ THISDIR=`pwd`
 echo "0=$0"
 echo "THISDIR=$THISDIR"
 
+declare -A opts
+#opts=([816.asm]="-w")
+opts[02.asm]="-C"
+opts[816.asm]="-w"
+opts[zab.asm]="-w"
+opts[zpa.asm]="-w"
+
+#ASMFLAGS=-v
+ASMFLAGS=
+
+# exclude filter from *.asm if no explicit file is given
 EXCLUDE=
-TESTFILES=
+
+# test files used
+TESTFILES="bip.inc bip2.inc"
+
+# files to compare afterwards, against <file>-<script>
+COMPAREFILES=a.out
 
 XA=$THISDIR/../../xa
 
@@ -172,7 +188,7 @@ else
         done;
 fi;
 
-echo "TESTSCRIPTS=$TESTSCRIPTS"
+#echo "TESTSCRIPTS=$TESTSCRIPTS"
 
 ########################
 # tmp names
@@ -207,6 +223,14 @@ for script in $TESTSCRIPTS; do
 
         echo "Run script $script"
 
+	AFLAGS="${ASMFLAGS} ${opts[$script]}"
+
+	ALOG=
+        if test "x$LOGFILE" = "x"; then
+		ALOG="-P $script.log"
+	else
+		ALOG="-P $LOGFILE"
+	fi
 
         # overwrite test files in each iteration, just in case
         for i in $TESTFILES; do
@@ -221,12 +245,8 @@ for script in $TESTSCRIPTS; do
                 ############################################
                 # simply do assemble
 
-                echo "Run assembler:" $XA $VERBOSE $script $TMPDIR 
-                if test "x$LOGFILE" = "x"; then
-			(cd $TMPDIR; $XA -o a.out -P $script.log $script)
-		else
-			(cd $TMPDIR; $XA -o a.out -P $LOGFILE $script)
-		fi
+                echo "Run assembler:" $XA $AFLAGS $script 
+		(cd $TMPDIR; $XA -o a.out $ALOG $AFLAGS $script)
                 RESULT=$?
 
                 if test $RESULT -eq 0; then
@@ -240,7 +260,7 @@ for script in $TESTSCRIPTS; do
                 for i in $DEBUG; do
                         echo "break $i" >> $DEBUGFILE
                 done;
-                gdb -x $DEBUGFILE -ex "run -o a.out -P $LOGFILE $script.asm" $XA
+               	gdb -x $DEBUGFILE -ex "run -o $TMPDIR/a.out $ALOG $AFLAGS $script" $XA
         fi;
 
         #echo "Killing server (pid $SERVERPID)"
@@ -272,6 +292,7 @@ for script in $TESTSCRIPTS; do
         if test $CLEAN -ge 1; then
                 rm -f $DEBUGFILE;
                 rm -f $TMPDIR/$script;
+                rm -f $TMPDIR/a.out;
         fi
 done;
 
diff --git a/xa/tests/adrm/zab2.asm b/xa/tests/adrm/zab2.asm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3278eb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xa/tests/adrm/zab2.asm
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+	.word $4000
+	* = $4000
+
+#include "bip2.inc"
diff --git a/xa/tests/adrm/zpa2.asm b/xa/tests/adrm/zpa2.asm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..85ab3b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xa/tests/adrm/zpa2.asm
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+	.word $0000
+	* = $0000
+
+#include "bip2.inc"